A scan of your artwork will never look as good as the original. And computers can, and do, crash. I would just throw it all in a big box and stash it in a closet somewhere - but if you have any cool pictures, put them online. I'm sure we'd all like to see them.

I wouldn't throw your original pieces away. I have papers stored from as long as 5 years ago, and some for even longer than that. Altough it is a good idea to scan them in and save them to cd so you have copies of them for reprinting just in case something happens to them. A couple of years ago some of my inked pieces received water damaged but luckily I had a scanned copy of them.

I am new on this board (I have been lurking here for months now) and finally got a scanner!
(that means you`ll see some of my art soon)

Now for my question:
I am currently scanning some of my old work...looking through things..
Now there is a lot of good things I`ll keep but also a lot of sketches, doodles, preparation work...Some from years ago!
I can`t really decide what to do now.
Scan it in and throw it away?
(hard, but it'll save space and hassle.
Scan it in and keep it?